Chapter 9: The Family Patriarch Competition
Today, Ye Fan did not immediately go to ripen the ripening elixir. He went to a huge square in the middle of the Ye family villa early in the morning, today was originally the day of the family martial arts trial for the young children of the Ye family, but later it was changed to the day when the position of the family patriarch was finalized, and the Ye family has not had a patriarch for more than three months, which has caused the Ye family to be a little chaotic now.
In a huge square paved with stone bricks in today's Ye Family Villa, the most important children of the Ye family are gathered, and there are about three hundred people, all of whom are the elite children of the Ye family.
The Ye family gathered around the square, and there was a large space in the middle of the square, and there were five middle-aged men standing there, one of whom was Ye Fan's father, Ye Zong.
Ye Fan also gathered around the crowd to watch the excitement, and when necessary, he would go out to help his father compete for the position of patriarch of the family.
Among the five people, a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes and some gray hair sneered with a cold face: "Ye Zong, do you remember that if you want to be the head of the Ye family, there is a very important innate condition!" ”
At this time, the middle-aged man who spoke was named Ye Haonan, and he was the leader of a relatively powerful branch of the Ye family, older than Ye Zong, and his strength was the seventh level of the Mortal Martial Realm. This strength is not bad in the Ye family, so he also has the qualifications to run for the head of the Ye family. In fact, if you want to talk about seniority, Ye Fan still needs to call him uncle.
After Ye Zong glared at Ye Haonan angrily, he said coldly, "Of course I know the innate conditions you are talking about. And the innate condition is that the patriarch's relatives must have good potential, so as not to misappropriate a large amount of clan public resources to waste on his relatives. ”
Ye Fan's mother had passed away a long time ago, and Ye Fan hadn't seen him since he was sensible, so Ye Zong's only relatives now were Ye Fan and his father.
"Haha...... Do you remember that your son was a man with no martial arts? If you become the patriarch, you will definitely waste a lot of precious pills on him! You have been buying elixirs and elixirs everywhere all these years, don't you just want to support your wasted son? But who doesn't know what he's up to? It's always a waste that can't be helped! Ye Haonan said sarcastically, and then laughed again, without giving Ye Zong any face.
If Ye Zong heard Ye Haonan's ridicule before, he would have felt a little bitter in his heart, but he knew that now his son was outstanding among his peers, and the reason why he wanted Ye Fan to hide his strength was that he was afraid that it would cause too much trouble.
"My son can unleash the fire of true qi! It's an outstanding alchemy potential, you dare to say that he is useless, that he is a waste? I'm afraid the elders of the Ye family won't think so. Ye Zong responded.
This is the people in the square who have been talking about it, before the Lingdan Pavilion Lord wanted to accept Ye Fan as an apprentice, but after that, the refusal had already spread all over this Dragon and Tiger City. Although this Ye Fan does not have a martial vein, if he has the fire of true qi, he may not be able to become a good alchemist.
Ye Haonan snorted coldly: "Although your son has the fire of true qi, but don't forget that he rejected the Spirit Pill Pavilion Master because of his willfulness, even if his alchemy talent is demonic, but if he is not taught by a good master, he is destined to not be able to become a good alchemist." ”
Hearing this, Ye Fan's calm and calm voice came out: "You are wrong, who said that without the teaching of a good master, you are destined to become a good alchemist?" I have now been able to refine the mortal-grade Quenching Pill. ”
Hearing Ye Fan's words, everyone in the square was stunned for a moment, and Ye Haonan laughed: "Huangkou Xiaoer, you can develop a pill at the age of sixteen?" Still without the guidance of the master! Don't think that a few big words will help your father win the position of patriarch. There are also words that lie in front of the elders, but you will face severe punishment! ”
Then Ye Haonan continued: "Do you think you are the genius alchemist of the medicine family? The medicine family is a family of pills! has a deep heritage, especially that yellow-haired kid can compare! ”
Ye Fan walked out of the crowd at this time, his eyes were clear, and his face was calm. He took out a Dan furnace, looked at Ye Haonan and sneered, and said, "Do you dare to bet with me?" If I refine a furnace of Quenching Pills, how about you kowtow to me and my father in front of all the people and apologize? ”
Everyone present was surprised, Ye Haonan couldn't laugh even more, they didn't expect Ye Fan to dare to be so arrogant and dare to say such a thing!
is just a junior, and he dares to be presumptuous in front of himself, which makes Ye Haonan extremely angry!
Ye Zong didn't say anything, just quietly watched Ye Fan's actions, he actually supported Ye Fan's actions today, he knew that the time had come for his son to raise his eyebrows.
Ye Haonan's face was full of anger, and he said in a deep voice: "Do you know what you were talking about just now!" It's too presumptuous! As he spoke, a stream of true qi shrouded Ye Fan, but it was dissolved by Ye Zong next to him.
Ye Fan stared at Ye Haonan with both eyes, raised his voice and said, "I said I want to make a bet with you!" If I can refine a furnace of Quenching Pills, you will have to kowtow to me and my father in front of everyone present and apologize. Did you hear me clearly? ”
Ye Fan repeated it with a serious face, it didn't seem that he was joking at all, and his tone was also full of arrogance, a young man who dared to speak like this to his elders in front of everyone present was rare in the entire Ye family.
Ye Haonan was so angry that he trembled, and when he saw Ye Fan's serious appearance, he didn't dare to agree immediately, and everyone in the square was waiting for him to answer.
Ye Fan continued to look at Ye Haonan and said, "You slandered me in public as a useless waste, and I want to prove myself now, and at the same time I want you to kowtow to me and my father to apologize!" As an elder, don't you have the courage to be challenged by a junior? ”
Ye Haonan wanted to slap Ye Fan to death with one palm at this moment, but he didn't dare, after all, it was a very serious matter to kill the young children of his clan in front of so many people present.
At this time, an old man in the clan stood up and said: "Since this is the case, Ye Haonan, you can make a bet with him, but you will be exempt from apologizing to Ye Fan, it is just the angry words of the little doll." In this way, if Ye Fan can refine a furnace of quenching pills, Ye Haonan, even if you lose, how about giving Ye Fan the corresponding compensation? ”
"I agree, if my son loses, I will no longer compete for the position of patriarch!" Ye Zong said after listening to the old man's words, and then nodded at Ye Fan.
Everyone present was also in an uproar again, Ye Zong actually dared to release such a big bet!
Ye Haonan snorted coldly: "Bet, bet, if I lose, I will give him the thousand-year-old hell lingzhi I just got Ye Fan Xiao'er." ”
1000 years of hell Ganoderma lucidum Everyone present suddenly exclaimed in a low voice. The Hell Lingzhi that has grown for thousands of years is a very expensive Xuan-level low-grade elixir! And this elixir is unattainable in the entire Great Qin Kingdom!
"Ye Fan, you start alchemy now! How long does it take you to refine a furnace of Quenching Pills? The old man asked again, he was an elder of the Ye family, and he had a certain prestige in the entire Ye family.
In the understanding of most of the people present, refining mortal-grade pills would take at least half a day, and it would take two or three hours at the fastest, not to mention a sixteen-year-old boy who had no master to teach.
"Rest assured that it's fast, and you don't need to delay much time!" While speaking, Ye Fan sat down cross-legged, and the old man and Ye Haonan also came over to check the alchemy furnace to prevent Ye Fan from cheating.
"With such an inferior alchemy furnace, it seems that Ye Zong, you are very poor!" Ye Haonan sneered after looking at Ye Fan's alchemy furnace, everyone present knew that most of Ye Zong's money was used on Ye Fan's body.
Ye Fan didn't pay attention to what Ye Haonan said, he took out the materials from the storage bag to sort them out, checked them, and then released the fire of true qi to heat the alchemy furnace again, and finally put the elixir into the alchemy furnace, and he behaved very skillfully in the whole process.
And the fire of true qi also surprised everyone slightly, although many people were able to release flames when attacking by cultivating some special martial arts; But those flames can only be released when attacking, and they can't be controlled as easily as Ye Fan in normal times, unless the main sect has practiced some exercises to control flames. It's just that exercises like that are very rare, and it's very difficult to cultivate.
After the alchemy furnace was poured into the fire of true qi by Ye Fan, a trace of medicinal fragrance wafted from inside from time to time. An hour passed, and everyone saw Ye Fan with their eyes closed, and suddenly opened their eyes, and at a glance, they knew that it was a critical time. And Ye Haonan was also sweating when he saw it, he was very worried that he would lose the thousand-year-old Hell Lingzhi, and he regretted a little why he had to agree to this damn bet!
When everyone saw the mist coming out of the alchemy furnace, Ye Fan also opened his eyes, stood up and said, "Please check." ”
"What? Done in an hour? That's too fast, isn't it? Everyone questioned and did not believe Ye Fan's words.
The first to walk past was the old man! Although he didn't know alchemy, he also knew the process of alchemy, he had been looking at Ye Fan carefully just now, knowing that Ye Fan had a certain alchemy foundation. Although he didn't know the situation inside the alchemy furnace, he could sense that the heat released from the furnace was changing, and this change was very subtle.
After the old man opened the lid of the Dan furnace, everyone immediately smelled the faint fragrance of the pill, which was indeed the fragrance of the pill they were familiar with, and they had witnessed the whole process of refining with their own eyes. But when they saw the old man take out five snow-white pills, everyone present couldn't help but exclaim.